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FROM JUNE 1, 2022 Mat Inngs Runs Avge S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 30 56 2511 47.37 88.07 6 13 324 14

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN @ Chennai

"A MAN with new ideas," Marcelo Bielsa once said, "is a mad man, until his ideas triumph." Shubman Gill and India's management may have seen that quote plastered on a prominent Leeds wall on their way to Headingley. Bielsa, the Uruguayan coach, lifted Leeds, a famous old club, and gave them a thriving modern identity a few years ago.

Thirty minutes north of Elland Road lies Headingley, a similarly atmospheric ground, home to some of the greatest English triumphs, none greater than Ben Stokes' fourth innings Houdini against Australia in 2019. Almost six years later, they have another moment to rival that Ashes win. On a stop-start, sun feeling a bit shy kind of day, the hosts managed to hold their nerve over India to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

The hosts' usual suspect — Joe Root — took them home but it was Ben Duckett who orchestrated this run chase.